Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 33 / Friday, February 16, 2024 / Rules and Regulations 12241 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Coast Guard 

33 CFR Part 165 

[Docket No. USCG–2024–0087] 

Security Zone; Potomac River and 

Anacostia River, and Adjacent Waters; 

Washington, DC 

AGENCY: Coast Guard, Department of 

Homeland Security (DHS). 

ACTION: Notification of enforcement of 

regulation. 

SUMMARY: The Coast Guard will enforce 

a security zone along the Potomac River, 

the Anacostia River, and adjacent waters 

at Washington, DC, for activities 

associated with the U.S. President’s 

State of the Union Address. The zone 

will be enforced on March 7, 2024, 

through the early morning hours of 

March 8, 2024. During the enforcement 

period, entry into, or remaining within 

the zone is prohibited unless authorized 

by the Captain of the Port or his 

designated representative. 

DATES: The regulations in 33 CFR 

165.508 will be enforced from 9 a.m. on 

March 7, 2024, until 2 a.m. on March 8, 

2024, for the security zone locations 

identified in 33 CFR 165.508(a)(6). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If 

you have questions about this 

notification of enforcement, call or 

email LTJG Ausley, U.S. Coast Guard 

Sector Maryland-National Capital 

Region (Waterways Management 

Division); telephone 410–576–2519, 

email navin.m.ausley@uscg.mil. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Coast 

Guard will enforce regulations in 33 

CFR 165.508 for the security zone 

locations identified in paragraph (a)(6) 

from 9 a.m. on March 7, 2024, to 2 a.m. 

on March 8, 2024. This action is being 

taken to protect government officials, 

mitigate potential terrorist acts and 

incidents, and enhance public and 

maritime safety and security 

immediately before, during, and after 

the U.S. President’s State of the Union 

Address before a Joint Session of 

Congress. Our regulations for the 

Security Zone; Potomac River and 

Anacostia River, and adjacent waters; 

Washington, DC, § 165.508(a)(6), 

specifies the location for this security 

zone as an area that includes all 

navigable waters described in 

paragraphs (a)(1) through (a)(3), which 

includes Zones 1, 2, and 3. 

• Security Zone 1, paragraph (a)(1); 

all navigable waters of the Potomac 

River, from shoreline to shoreline, 

bounded to the north by the Francis 

Scott Key (US–29) Bridge, at mile 113, 

and bounded to the south by a line 

drawn from the Virginia shoreline at 

Ronald Reagan Washington National 

Airport, at 38°51′21.3′′ N, 077°02′00.0′′ 

W, eastward across the Potomac River to 

the District of Columbia shoreline at 

Hains Point at position 38°51′24.3′′ N, 

077°01′19.8′′ W, including the waters of 

the Boundary Channel, Pentagon 

Lagoon, Georgetown Channel Tidal 

Basin, and Roaches Run. 

• Security Zone 2, paragraph (a)(2); 

all navigable waters of the Anacostia 

River, from shoreline to shoreline, 

bounded to the north by the John Philip 

Sousa (Pennsylvania Avenue) Bridge, at 

mile 2.9, and bounded to the south by 

a line drawn from the District of 

Columbia shoreline at Hains Point at 

position 38°51′24.3′′ N, 077°01′19.8′′ W, 

southward across the Anacostia River to 

the District of Columbia shoreline at 

Giesboro Point at position 38°50′52.4′′ 

N, 077°01′10.9′′ W, including the waters 

of the Washington Channel. 

• Security Zone 3 paragraph (a)(3); all 

navigable waters of the Potomac River, 

from shoreline to shoreline, bounded to 

the north by a line drawn from the 

Virginia shoreline at Ronald Reagan 

Washington National Airport, at 

38°51′21.3′′ N, 077°02′00.0′′ W, eastward 

across the Potomac River to the District 

of Columbia shoreline at Hains Point at 

position 38°51′24.3′′ N, 077°01′19.8′′ W, 

thence southward across the Anacostia 

River to the District of Columbia 

shoreline at Giesboro Point at position 

38°50′52.4′′ N, 077°01′10.9′′ W, and 

bounded to the south by the Woodrow 

Wilson Memorial (I–95/I–495) Bridge, at 

mile 103.8. 

During the enforcement period, as 

specified in § 165.508(b), entry into or 

remaining in these zones is prohibited 

unless authorized by the Coast Guard 

Captain of the Port Maryland-National 

Capital Region. Public vessels and 

vessels already at berth at the time the 

security zone is implemented do not 

have to depart the security zone. All 

vessels underway within the security 

zone at the time it is implemented are 

to depart the zone at the time the 

security zone is implemented. To seek 

permission to transit the zone, the 

Captain of the Port Maryland-National 

Capital Region can be contacted at 

telephone number (410) 576–2693 or on 

Marine Band Radio, VHF–FM channel 

16 (156.8 MHz). Coast Guard vessels 

enforcing this zone can be contacted on 

Marine Band Radio, VHF–FM channel 

16 (156.8 MHz). The Coast Guard may 

be assisted by other Federal, state, or 

local law enforcement agencies in 

enforcing this regulation. If the Captain 

of the Port or his designated on-scene 

patrol personnel determines the security 

zone need not be enforced for the full 

duration stated in this notice, a 

Broadcast Notice to Mariners may be 

used to suspend enforcement and grant 

general permission to enter the security 

zone. 

In addition to this notice of 

enforcement in the Federal Register, the 

Coast Guard plans to provide 

notification of this enforcement period 

via the Local Notice to Mariners, and 

marine information broadcasts. 

Dated: February 13, 2024. 

David E. O’Connell, 

Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the 

Port Maryland-National Capital Region. 

[FR Doc. 2024–03298 Filed 2–15–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9110–04–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Coast Guard 

33 CFR Part 165 

[Docket Number USCG–2024–0040] 

RIN 1625–AA00 

Emergency Safety Zone; Pacific 

Ocean, Bodega Bay, CA 

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS. 

ACTION: Temporary final rule. 

SUMMARY: The Coast Guard is 

establishing a temporary safety zone in 

the navigable waters of the Pacific 

Ocean near Bodega Bay, CA in support 

of pollution response operations for the 

vessel ALEUTIAN STORM from 

February 13, 2024, to February 19, 2024. 

Based on this information, this safety 

zone is necessary to protect vessels and 

the marine environment from potential 

hazards associated with pollution 

response operations. Unauthorized 

persons or vessels are prohibited from 

entering into, transiting through, or 

remaining in the safety zone without 

permission from the Captain of the Port 

San Francisco or a designated 

representative. 

DATES: This rule is effective without 

actual notice from February 16, 2024, 

through 11:59 p.m. February 19, 2024. 

For the purposes of enforcement, actual 

notice will be used from February 13, 

2024, through February 16, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: To view documents 

mentioned in this preamble as being 

available in the docket, go to https://

www.regulations.gov, type USCG–2024– 

0040 in the search box and click 

‘‘Search.’’ Next, in the Document Type 


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